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Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incident. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance.
The cold water can cause heart attack due to severe vasoconstriction, [2] where the heart has to work harder to pump the same volume of blood throughout the arteries. For people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease , the additional workload can result in myocardial infarction and/or acute heart failure , which ultimately may lead to a ...
Dysbaric osteonecrosis is ischemic bone disease thought to be caused by decompression bubbles, though the definitive pathologic process is poorly understood. It is a significant occupational hazard, [ 51 ] [ 52 ] which may follow a single exposure to compressed air, and may occur with no history of DCS, but is usually associated with ...
Exposure of the extremities in water temperatures below 12 °C (53.6 °F). Hand and Foot Temperature Limits to avoid NFCI: [48] Fully Functional 18 °C (64.4 °F) Non Freezing Cold Injury Threshold < Week. 12 °C (54 °F) approximately 3 hours. 8 °C (46.4 °F) for maximum of 30 min. 6 °C (42.8 °F) immediate rewarming required.
Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.
“The title of fastest punch in the animal kingdom firmly belongs to the peacock mantis shrimp, whose club-like appendages reach the speed of a .22-caliber slug, shatter clamshells with ease and ...
A water temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) can lead to death in as little as one hour, and water temperatures near freezing can cause death in as little as 15 minutes. [37] During the sinking of the Titanic , most people who entered the −2 °C (28 °F) water died in 15–30 minutes.
Bone-chilling cold is on its way to Kentucky, with the National Weather Service issuing a wind chill warning starting at 10 p.m. Thursday to 1 p.m. Friday.. Sub-zero wind chills are expected to ...